opportunities

Principal Wellness Professional Learning Community (PWPLC)

This will be a unique learning community because of its specific focus on creating a unique space for Black school leaders to regularly convene and receive social-emotional wellness and leadership support in Detroit. Funded through a partnership with The Skillman Foundation.

*** Online Application Deadline Extended ***

Description

The PWPLC will offer 20 Detroit principals—10 Black women and 10 Black men—the opportunity to grow and learn alongside their colleagues in a safe, supportive, and community.

Benefits

The Principal Wellness Professional Learning Community will provide school leaders with transformative practices and a support system of peers that support individual and school-wide wellness. Principals will develop ways of deepening their capacity to alleviate their stressors and adopt a self-care plan; identify areas of professional growth; and create brave spaces for change within their school that nurtures the mental and emotional wellbeing of the students, teachers, and families.

Program Structure

Monthly Group Sessions: 4 hours per session; In-person + virtual; Held on weekends
One-on-One Coaching: 1 hour per month; Virtual; Based on personal schedules
Group Text Messaging: On-Going Check-Ins and Support
Stipend: To help offset the time investment this opportunity requires

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Teach Plus

The mission of Teach Plus is to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success. The organization empowers expert teachers to advance policy changes and improve instructional leadership and teacher supports; trains and coaches teacher leaders to successfully mobilize and lead teacher teams; and empowers teacher leaders to be change agents among their peers and policy makers. Since 2009, Teach Plus has trained thousands of teacher leaders across the country who are driving policy changes and improving the instructional practices of teachers to create an education system driven by equity, access, and excellence for all students.

Michigan State Director

Job Description

Reporting to the Illinois Senior Executive Director, the Michigan State Director will – with support from Teach Plus’ national team — advance educational equity for students in Michigan through policy change led by teachers.

The Michigan State Director will be responsible for all aspects of leading and growing a successful Michigan Teacher Leadership Collaborative, launching in the summer of 2021, in order to build a critical mass of teacher advocates prepared to lead on behalf of their students.

The Michigan State Director will be a credible broker between teachers and policymakers and teachers and the media, building partnerships across the state in order to lay the groundwork for teacher voice and create opportunities for teacher leaders to have influence on critical issues.

Benefits

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Teach Plus offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 3% matching 401k plan, disability, and life insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and childcare expenses.

Teach Plus offers generous time-off benefits including 15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 5 sick days, 11 holidays, and winter break. Additionally, Teach Plus offers parental leave and a 4-week paid sabbatical for every five years of service.

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Covenant House Academy (CHA)

Various Fulltime Positions

At Covenant House Academy you will have a direct, profound, and meaningful impact on the lives of the students we serve. Through our mission-based program, which provides unconditional love and respect for our students, you will be instrumental in helping them achieve a brighter future through the power of education.

Job Positions in Detroit

Assistant Principal (East)
Principal (Southwest)
Science Teacher (Central)
Social Worker (East)
Special Education Teacher (East, Central, or Southwest)

Job Positions in Grand Rapids

Assistant Principal

Benefits

Medical (HMO or PPO), Dental & Vision
Employer Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
Employer Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical & Dependent Care
403b & ROTH (both with employer match)
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Professional Development and Continuing Education
Opportunities
Master’s in Education Scholarship Partnership
Program with Grand Valley State University
50% tuition reduction for staff with less than
five years of service at CHA.
80% tuition reduction for staff with five or
more years of service at CHA.

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Leading Educators (Equity Fellowship)

The Equity Fellowship for Greater Grand Rapids from Leading Educators is a new kind of professional learning that will support 90 Kent ISD teachers to harness their passion for racial justice and grow as leaders for equity.

Opportunity

Despite the incredible diversity of our students in West Michigan, few students of color ever have teachers who share their racial or ethnic background. Outcomes for majorities of students who identify as Black, Latinx, multiracial, and recent immigrants also fall short of grade-level expectations.

Leading Educators is accepting candidates for their Teaching for Equity Fellowship. Their purpose is to create a coalition of antiracist educators (not limited to classroom teachers) who can foster community for each other, including making schools more inclusive for educators of color, and Improving student experiences that result in more equitable outcomes and close the opportunity gap.

Qualifications & Framework

A current teacher of record (PK-12) with at least two full years of teaching experience by June 2021.
Have a track record of success teaching students in traditional public or public charter schools in Michigan.
Are ready to dedicate your time and energy to learning about policy and advocating on behalf of changes that impact your students — while continuing to teach full time.
Have a passion for sharing the diverse perspectives and experiences of students and teachers with policy makers.
All participants will engage in our content-agnostic Equity sessions, as well as choose a content pathway: K-Algebra Identity in Mathematics, K-2 ELA Foundational Skills or 3-12 ELA Disrupting the Canon.